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Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam

The Right Honourable
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam
GCMG LRCP MRCS
सर शिवसागर रामगुलाम
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam at Lod airport, Israel, 1962.
SSR at Lod airport in 1962
Governor-General of Mauritius
In office
28 December 1983 – 15 December 1985
Monarch Elizabeth II
Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth
Preceded by Dayendranath Burrenchobay
Succeeded by Sir Cassam Moollan (acting)
Prime Minister of Mauritius
In office
12 March 1968 – 30 June 1982
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor General Sir John Shaw Rennie
Sir Michel Rivalland (Acting)
Sir Leonard Williams
Sir Raman Osman
Sir Henry Garrioch
Sir Dayendranath Burrenchobay
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Anerood Jugnauth
Chief Minister of Mauritius
In office
26 September 1961 – 12 March 1968
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor Thomas Douglas Vickers (Acting)
Sir John Shaw Rennie
Preceded by Office Established
Succeeded by Office abolished
Leader of Labour Party
In office
1 December 1958 – 15 December 1985
Preceded by Emmanuel Anquetil
Succeeded by Sir Satcam Boolell
Personal details
Born (1900-09-18)18 September 1900
Kewal Nagar, British Mauritius
Died 15 December 1985(1985-12-15) (aged 85)
Port Louis, Mauritius
Resting place SSR Botanical Garden
Citizenship Mauritian
Nationality Mauritian
Political party Labour Party
Spouse(s) Sushil Ramjoorawon (1922-1984)
Children Navin
Sunita
Parents Moheeth Ramgoolam (father)
Basmati Ramchurn (mother)
Residence State House (Official) Rue Deforges, Port Louis (personal)
Alma mater UCL, University of London
LSE, University of London
Profession Physician
Website ssr.intnet.mu

Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam GCMG LRCP MRCS (Hindi: सर शिवसागर रामगुलाम; September 18, 1900 – December 15, 1985; often referred to as Chacha Ramgoolam) was a Mauritian politician, and philanthropist. He was a leader in the Mauritian independence movement, and served as the first Chief Minister and Prime Minister of Mauritius, as well as its sixth Governor-General. He was the Chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 1976 to 1977. As the leader of the Labour Party, Ramgoolam fought for the rights of labourers and led Mauritius to independence in 1968.

After his tertiary studies in London, Ramgoolam, who was initially a fervent defendant of the British administration and its empire, started calling for mass movement in order to obtain equal treatment, consideration, education and chances for all Mauritians through his authorship in a newspaper. His views changed due to then-fate of the Indo-Mauritian community which was oppressed, uneducated and ill-treated by the elite. He later joined the Labour Party to align himself with other members who were asking for equal rights and adequate working conditions for workers (mainly laborers). He later took leadership of the fight fought by other party members including Dr. Maurice Cure, Emmanuel Anquetile, Dr. R. Seeneevasen and Dr. Hassenjee.

He later cooperated with the Independent Forward Block (IFB) led by the Bissoundoyal brothers (Pundit Basdeo and Sookdeo; who were demanding for a complete decolonization and the removal of British administration from all Mauritian territories) and the Committee D'action Musulmane (CAM) led by Abdool Razack Mohamed (who demanded constitutional guarantees for the Muslim and other minority communities in an effort to prevent a circumstantial Hindu hegemony, which never happened) to form the independence party and movement which eventually led to Independence after the Mauritian general election, 1967.


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